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Looking for a little help...

From Lovers of FBA! on Sun, 2 Sep, 2012 - 23:45

From Lovers of FBA! on Sun, 2 Sep, 2012 - 23:45Hey Lovers of FBA!

How would you like to share your love of Free Buddhist Audio with an endorsement? We think the best way to let other people know about the merits of our site is to ask those who use it to speak for us.

Just ask yourself - why do I like Free Buddhist Audio? What really inspires me about having access to so many talks by a diverse community...

viriyalila

Photos from 1st Mitra Ceremony

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 2 Sep, 2012 - 16:49

Photos from 1st Mitra Ceremony

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 2 Sep, 2012 - 16:49

August 29th we held our first mitra ceremonies. Bettye and Oz both started coming to the center soon after we opened in October 2011. They are both fired up by the Dharma and grateful to have found the Triratna Community to practice with. Sadhu to you both!

viriyalila

At the Opening of the Metta Vihara

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 2 Sep, 2012 - 03:00

At the Opening of the Metta Vihara

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 2 Sep, 2012 - 03:00We’re happy to help celebrate the opening of the Metta Vihara, the new retreat center for the people in the Netherlands. Subhuti gives a wonderful opening talk after being introduced by Dhammaketu. The talk is translated into Dutch by Akasasuri.
Metta Vihara Opening Talk, 12 May 2012

In dit praatje richt Subhuti zich tot de Sangha in de lage landen bij de opening van het gloednieuwe retraitecentrum metta vihara.
Subhuti heeft het over het belang...

Amogharatna

Die Baustelle wurde in einen Schreinraum verwandelt

From Buddhistisches Tor Berlin on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 19:30

Die Baustelle wurde in einen Schreinraum verwandelt

From Buddhistisches Tor Berlin on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 19:30

Amogharatna

Vorbereitung für das Einweihungswochenende

From Buddhistisches Tor Berlin on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:40

Vorbereitung für das Einweihungswochenende

From Buddhistisches Tor Berlin on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:40

jvalamalini

Guide to the Buddhas: review by Lois Elsden

From book reviews on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:34

Guide to the Buddhas: review by Lois Elsden

From book reviews on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:34Every so often, you’re standing in a bookshop, or a library, or a friend’s house, your eyes drifting along all the tempting titles of the books on the shelves and almost idly you pick one up… and ten, fifteen, thirty minutes later you would still be standing there unless interrupted by something or someone or called for dinner or to go and get a cup of coffee…The blurb on the back describes this book as a way to “meet the...

Windhorse Evolution

Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

From Triratna News on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:32

Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

From Triratna News on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:32Keturaja, the managing director of Windhorse:evolution, will be a speaker and facilitator at the international workshop in Brussels; “Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe” on 24-25 November 2012.

Partly inspired by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, the gathering will allow participants to:

explore, discuss and agree on key characteristics of profitable business enterprises aligned with Buddhist values;
recommend business models and policy changes to support the development of such enterprises in Europe;
put the idea/culture of Buddhist Business Management on the

Candradasa

The Early Days of Dharmachakra: A Conversation with Ananda

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 30 Aug, 2012 - 23:25

Extracts from a delightful conversation between Viriyalila and Ananda, the founder of Dharmachakra Tapes (the old name for Free Buddhist Audio). A published poet who was ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Order (then the Western Buddhist Order) in 1968, Ananda was one of the first people to make audio recordings of Sangharakshita as early as 1966. I was interested in hearing stories about these early days of Dharmachakra and the conversation included some thoughts on the nature of communication, Ananda’s...

Candradasa

The newest Mitras!

From Community Highlights on Thu, 30 Aug, 2012 - 21:53

Say hello to Bettye & Oz, the newest members of the international Triratna Mitra Sangha! ‘Mitra’ means friend, and Bettye & Oz, good friends to the Portsmouth Buddhist Centre in New Hampshire, give us a few words straight after a lovely simple ceremony to express their commitment to the Buddha’s path as they understand it in their lives… Congratulations!

Viryabodhi

juli-augusti 2012

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Thu, 30 Aug, 2012 - 13:36

juli-augusti 2012

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Thu, 30 Aug, 2012 - 13:36De mest spännande saker händer här i lugnet på landet! En kväll när jag gick in i glasveranderummet flög en fladdermus omkring där. Det var alltså förklaringen till de muslortsaktiga spillningarna på golvet som jag ibland går och sopar upp. Antagligen lever den i timmerväggen. Jag har också sett grönfinksungar göra sig redo för att flyga, sittandes lite vingligt i äppelträdet. Och i morse höll jag på att sätta frukosten i halsen då en hök eller vråk landade på gårdsplan...

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